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Serena Williams was born in Saginaw, Mich., on September 28, 1981, and began playing tennis at 3 years of age. She and her sister Venus turned professional in 1995 and began dominating women's tennis soon afterward. Serena Williams has won thousands of matches and dozens of championships, including a career grand slam. She and her sister have also combined to win several major women's doubles titles. They live together in a house they built in 2000 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.